Guar gum is a common, but nearly invisible, ingredient in petfoods. It is found in almost every brand of wet petfood, whether marketed at a farm-and-fleet, grocery, big-box, indie or boutique store. However, you won’t find this ingredient on the shelf by itself at your local grocery, and it has low recognition with consumers.
Usually this degree of unfamiliarity would make it a target for vilification; but, surprisingly, that has not been the case for guar gum. While that could be construed as a good thing, it might still be worthwhile to understand whether this ingredient has any issues and if its presence in our pets’ food delivers some intrinsic value to our animals.
